Thunderstorms Moving Our Way!

By garylezak, on June 15th, 2013

Good Saturday afternoon bloggers,

A band of heavy thunderstorms has developed, is increasing, and it is heading directly towards Kansas City. Right now it is timed out to be arriving between 3:30 PM and 6 PM tonight. How long will it last? We will be monitoring this closely, but it should be out of here before the Kenny Chesney Concert tonight. Timing the beginning and the ending of this area of thunderstorms is still being analyzed. Here is the radar image as of 2 PM this afternoon:

You will likely notice the building cumulus clouds as the form into cumulus congestus clouds. They are growing into cumulonimbus clouds and with the dewpoints as high as they are now and the slow movement of these thunderstorms rainfall amounts will likely exceed 2 inches in a few spots.

That was quite the thunderstorm. We had 50 to 60 mph winds blow through the city. This should last another two hours.

53 comments to Thunderstorms Moving Our Way!

With all this heat/humidity we have locally and with the sun adding more fuel, along with the general instability in the atmosphere, I don’t see how we can miss this. With favorable upper flow, the storms will develop NNE into this area, as they like to migrate toward higher instability.

Out of here by concert time? Really? The rain looks like it stretches all the way down to OKC. It’s all going to move through by 8:00? I hope you’re right, but I unfortunately don’t see how we dry out by then. And so much for our cookout this evening..

Heavy wind and rain in South OP. Any idea how strong theses gusts are? Still calling BS on Gary’s proclamation that this will be out of here before the concert tonight; rain looks to be filling in to the south of this squall line and moving directly towards us. Also calling heavy BS on the seven day forecast from earlier this week.

Can someone please tell me how this storm does not at least qualify for a significant weather alert let alone a severe thunderstorm warning??!? Winds are definitely blowing in excess of 60 mph with frequent cloud to ground lightning in Olathe. I’ve lost power several times. Is the NWS asleep?

That was a pretty intense storm! We’re at a spot near several construction sites and all the dust that got blown up made it look like we were in Arizona or New Mexico. A small tree was snapped in half and there’s some large furniture and lots of trash that got blown away. This is at 135th and Metcalf.

We’ve had 2 or 3 days where they issued Tornado Watches when there has been almost no chance of tornado’s, yet today, with a few t-storm warnings, they never put us under a severe thunderstorm watch? Are they smoking funny stuff down there in pleasant hill gary? lol

Is pissed! Why aren’t you breaking in and letting us know what to expect with this storm!! I keep losing power…weather radio is just now going off…where is this storm and how long is this going to last?!!? I threw my kids in the basement when I saw the anchored trampoline rise straight up in the air!!

I find it strange, also, that a severe thunderstorm watch was not issued today. Winds and humidity this morning. Dead winds and humidity around 2:OO. Sunshine around 1-4:00. Watching storm clouds build with interesting formations and the storm front in Eastern Jackson County. Have they down graded what classifies a thunderstorm watch? Anyone could check radar to the south and see those storms building and heading towards KC.

Gary, are you still thinking this will move out in the next hour or two? Or are we wet all night? I’d love to get back outside this evening. Storms firing in north-central KS appear headed this way, too.

If this was back in the days before warnings and watches, people would be saying, gosh we had a big thunderstorm. Now because we expect, nay, because we demand it, every thunderstorm with some wind ( very small hail is not classified as severe BTW)causes people to cry out for severe warnings. Go inside, stay away from windows, park in the garage, and secure your patio furniture. It’s the same crap they say for all storms so why didn’t you do that?

Out here just NW of McLouth we got 0.91″ of rain, a peak wind gust of 36.0mph, it blew my sons flag pole right over in his front yard. We also briefly had nickel size hail for about 2 or 3 minutes. It was a down pour, definitely did the ponds some good. Hope there was little or no damage to the wheat and corn.

In Chillicothe MO on Fri midday 0.55″ , on Sat early AM 0.54″, and then on Sat evening another 2.05″. Please be wrong about Sunday rain. Still some fields not planted yet, and not likely to happen any time soon.